Dreams Of Peace For The Middle East, New Evangelical

November 16, 2012 Subscribe · Forward Dreams And Prayers Of Peace For All People "Imagine all the people living life in peace." -- John Lennon "Many foolish beliefs that people once held, such as forms of idol-worship that demanded child sacrifice, etc., have disappeared. But, as of yet, the foolish belief in the pursuit of war has not disappeared." -- Rebbe Nachman of Bratzlav "A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality." -- Yoko Ono Lennon I was born to dream of peace.  Continue reading... Catholic Teen's Facebook Costs His Confirmation WATCH: Letting Go, Letting God 'The Shack': How A Story For My Children Became A New York Times Best Seller Saint Dorothy Day? Controversial, Yes, But Bishops Push For Canonization KosherFest 2012: The Most Surprising Kosher Foods (PHOTOS) 'Big Rich Texas' Leslie Offers Tips On Having A Stylish Adult Baptism Vatican Launches 'Anti-Gay Media Blitz,' Compares Gay Marriage To Polygamy, Polyandry KosherFest 2012: The Most Surprising Kosher Foods (PHOTOS) Lennon Cihak, Minnesota Teen, Denied Confirmation For Supporting Gay Marriage On Facebook The New Evangelical Agenda The Mormonizing of America JIM WALLIS The New Evangelical Agenda The ironic and tragic thing about the religious right is how little of their own agenda they have achieved. By voting for a conservative ideological agenda, they have actually hurt the poor, resisted immigration reform and promoted endless wars. There is a new evangelical agenda for a new evangelical demographic. Continue reading... LINDA KAY KLEIN 'Twilight' and Evangelical Christianity's Eternal Girlhood De-sexualizing religious girling goes deep. Real deep. Girls are told that if they become the wrong kind of woman not only will their eternal life be threatened, but the eternal lives of men and boys who trip over them on their path to God will be at risk. Continue reading... LAMAR VEST Hope in the Wake of Tragedy When Hurricane Sandy hit our great city, the staff family at American Bible Society were directly in her path. Like so many others across the region, our staff continues to recover from the storm's impact in their own lives. Continue reading... QANTA AHMED, MD Saluting New York's Finest After Sandy: Our First Responders Wherever you are, on wrecked seafronts, in flooded basements, in scorched footprints of houses once homes, I ask you, First responders, to stop, for a moment. Put down your shovels, your ladders, your torches, your pliers, while New Yorkers everywhere stand in awe of you. Continue reading... CAROL HOWARD MERRITT Progressive Christians Enter the Age of Relevancy It is clear that our decades of irrelevancy are over now. The last election showed the decline of the Religious Right's power. Not only that, but the mute button is off. We can begin to hear progressive Christian voices. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here Unsubscribe here.